History CurbStompBattle / VideoGames

*** A particularly amusing one is the optional Garrus mission in which you track down Dr. Saleon. Once you find him, if you convince Garrus not to kill him (or just don't bring Garrus along), Dr. Saleon will try to kill you anyway. He dies in ''one hit'', making him one of the weakest, if not ''the'' weakest enemy in the game.

*** In the final ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' story mission, "The Arrival" [[DownloadableContent DLC]], Shepard [[spoiler:[[OneManArmy annihilates an entire base of infantry, elite soldiers, and heavy mechs (think walking tanks) by him/herself]]. S/he does this after being heavily sedated for two days.]]
----> '''Soldier over intercom:''' [[OhCrap Shepard's tearing us apart!]]

*** One beautiful moment partway through has the heroes, in desperation to distract a Reaper on Tuchanka, [[SummonBiggerFish summon the largest Thresher Maw in existence, the legendary Kalros]], to attack the Reaper. [[spoiler:Kalros proceeds to ''kill'' the Reaper in less than five minutes, much to the surprise of everyone involved. When Wrex mentions that he didn't knew of anyone who tried to kill Kalros and survived, he wasn't kidding.]]
*** Shepard, EDI, and another squadmate (code named "Entry Team") vs. the Cerberus Base and everyone on it. Including [[spoiler: Kai Leng again at the end]].

*** The final battle is a mostly hopeless slugging match between the Reapers and the combined fleets of the galaxy... [[spoiler:until Shepard reaches the Crucible. If s/he activates the "Destroy" sequence, ''every single Reaper instantly drops dead''.]]

----->'''Merc:''' What did [[spoiler:s/he]] mean by "Slow him/her down?" We're allowed to kill Shepard if we have to, right?\\
'''Merc Lieutenant:''' [[spoiler:S/he]] said "slow him/her down" because [[spoiler:s/he]] thinks we're cannon fodder!\\

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyWithin'': Potentially, the first open battle with [[VichyEarth EXALT]]. Your XCOM squad will possibly have laser weapons and armour made from alien alloys. Your EXALT adversaries will have equivalent to flak vests and conventional bullet-firing weapons. But then again, there are only four to six XCOM operatives present, compared to around ten to twelve EXALT operatives. XCOM has technology and training on their side, while EXALT has [[ZergRush numbers]] and [[CombatPragmatist sheer ruthlessness]]. This could be an interesting battle, and it could go either-... Oh, wait, nevermind, XCOM has brought a [[SuperSoldier MEC]] [[{{Cyborg}} Trooper]]. Those cool guns that EXALT have brought may as well be paintball guns.

*** Speaking of the [[spoiler:Brotherhood of Steel, if you go for their ending, it turns out they've rebuilt Liberty Prime in the 10 years since his destruction in ''Broken Steel'', and against the Institute's Synths, they fare even worse than the Enclave did against the big guy back in ''3''. At one point on his way to destroy the Institute, Liberty Prime encounters a Super Mutant Behemoth (which would be a tough fight for your character normally) and just picks the abomination up, crushes it in his hands, and casually tosses it aside like trash. He then blasts open the entrance to the Institute's base. Following that, squads of Brotherhood Knights and Paladins pour in and absolutely demolish the remaining Institute synths and defenses; it's very unlikely for them to sustain so much as a single casualty during the whole affair. Then they blow up the base. It's rather atypical for a FinalBattle in that, unlike the other three endings, not much preparation is needed to achieve it, nor do you need to accomplish infiltration and subterfuge. The Brotherhood of Steel just kicks down the door and beats the shit out of them, and it's made clear from the outset that the Institute stands absolutely ''no'' chance. Their only trouble was ''finding'' the Institute.]]

** The Universal Union, informally known as the Combine, invaded Earth in the game's backstory. The war became known as the Seven Hour War, and, well... we lost.

*** One beautiful moment partway through has the heroes, in desperation to distract a Reaper on Tuchanka, [[SummonBiggerFish summon the largest Thresher Maw in existence, the legendary Kalros]], to attack the Reaper. [[spoiler:Kalros proceeds to ''kill'' the Reaper in less than five minutes, much to the surprise of everyone involved.]]

* When you're new to Ark: Survival Evolved, it's not unusual to have your first death fairly quickly until you realized just how deadly the world is for those who go off wandering unprepared. If you manage to avoid the spitting dinosaurs and the piranha, your first death is likely when - out of nowhere from 50 feet away - a velociraptor leaps on top of you and proceeds to disembowel you as you watch, helpless. Welcome to the Ark, newb!

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'''s final battle can happen in a number of ways. The most curb-stompish involves the main character turning all the base's defenses against the boss, then engaging him along with his party. The boss will find himself against several hard-hitting turrets (who might even kill him all by themselves with enough lucky rolls), the party's guns, and the player's own. He usually dies without even causing enough damage to require stimpaks.
** The final battle of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''. On one side, we have the Enclave with an advantage in numbers and equipment. On the other side, we have the Brotherhood of Steel, having an advantage in training. Now ''this'' will be a lively bat- oh wait, the Brotherhood has [[spoiler:a 200-year old, radically anti-communist HumongousMecha, which also conveniently believes that the Enclave are communists]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'': You better have some kind of trump card before picking a fight with Buggs, because if you don't, he'll [[TheManyDeathsOfYou literally]] beat you to death.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyWithin'': Potentially, the first open battle with [[VichyEarth EXALT]]. Your XCOM squad will possibly have laser weapons and armour made from alien alloys. Your EXALT adversaries will have equivalent to flak vests and conventional bullet-firing weapons. But then again, there are only four to six XCOM operatives present, compared to around ten to twelve EXALT operatives. XCOM has technology and training on their side, while EXALT has [[ZergRush numbers]] and [[CombatPragmatist sheer ruthlessness]]. This could be an interesting battle, and it could go either-... Oh, wait, nevermind, XCOM has brought a [[SuperSoldier MEC]] [[{{Cyborg}} Trooper]]. Those CoolGuns that EXALT have brought may as well be paintball guns.

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' has two.

** Dante's enemies are all {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s waiting to happen.

* The ''Franchise/SpiderMan 2'' adaptation has this for taking down Mysterio. He clearly charges up three stages of health bar and you go through all of them with one punch to his fishbowl head. Now ''that'' is a glass jaw. Of course, since Mysterio is an unenhanced human being whose super powers are limited to being good with special effects, that he can be owned by someone able to [[CarFu use a car as an impromptu throwing weapon]] isn't much of a surprise.

** The first full trailer for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' (the special ending for KHII Final Mix) basically consisted of [[BigBad Master Xehanort]] and [[TheDragon Vanitas]] curb-stomping that game's ThreeAmigos, giving a nice taste of the prequel's sad tone and ForegoneConclusion. In the actual game, this scene plays more or less identically - except the heroes get back up for round two.

* ''VideoGame/RaidShadowLegends'':The boss fight with the dragon in the game's intro is quickly cut short after the dragon eats Elhain and wipes the floor with the other three champions.

* In ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', early encounters with Big Daddies end in one of two ways: running for your life, or getting thrown across the room into the wall and drilled to death. Taking one on early in the game is essentially impossible. But the game will definitely let you TRY...with hilarious results.
* In ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', [[spoiler:Andrew Ryan initiates sort of a forced, suicidal CurbStompBattle with a ''golf club'' of all things by uttering that fun little hypnotic phrase...]]
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'':

** It is possible for Lithuania to elect the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName radical ultranationalist Party of Lithuanian National Interests/Iron Wolves]] under the ''Tautos Vadas''[[note]]Translated: Great Leader[[/note]] [[FourEyesZeroSoul Kazys Škirpa]] and declare independence from the Reichspakt. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Perhaps thankfully]], this independence usually doesn't last very long as Škirpa's subsequent actions when he gets into power (deporting all the Germans, opening up [[TheGulag gulags]] and unleashing his Iron Wolves thugs on his opponents) quickly puts the politically-isolated Lithuania right in the ''entire Reichspakt's'' firing line.